Tipping machine



Nov. 11, 1930. w. H. HARRISON, JR

TIPPING MACHINE Filed June 4. 1928 7 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ell/612E- WM. H HAP/wal I? Nov. 11, 1930. w. H. HARRISON, JR 1,780,916

TIPPING MACHINE Filed June 4, 1928 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov. 11, 1930. w. H. HARRISON, JR

TIPPING MACHINE Filed June 4, 1928 7 Sheets-Sheet 3 Jaw/777171 WM H HARP/501V J73 Nov. 11, 1930. w. H. HARRISON, JR

T IPPING. MACHINE 7 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed June 4, 1928 IWWI1151511111791?! will Ill"! iill . Nov. 11, I930. Mr. H. HARRISON, JR

TIPPING MACHINE Filed June 4, 1928 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 wm MQ NQ EN m .5 \Q \m S Y mm h c. NN v R\ m5 Nov. '11, 1930.

W. H. HARRISON, JR

TIPPING MACHINE Filed June 4. 1928 7 sheets-Sheet 6 Nov. 11, 1930. -w. H. HARRISON, JR 1,780,916

TIPPING MACHINE Filed June 4. 1928 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 lnvenfor Patented Nov. 11, 1930 UNITED! STATES W L IAMH. HAnRIsoi Jn, on CHICAGO, ILLinoIs, ass qnon'rowl ra lw- ING oortrAnY, or onroneo ILLINOIS,- AoonronAT' on or;Inniivo s'f Application filed June 4,'-1a2's. Serial 'nmz sasaa' The invention. relates to. improvenients in" tipping machines and has for its primary object the provision of} ajmachine of this:

character adapted and arranged to associate automatically articles or objects such as portionsof a book, or the like, togetherthereby interrupting the operation thereof upon failureof anyof the parts to operate properly.

. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements ofsparts hereinafter described and claimed.

Thelinvention'wilLbe best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which" i v V 1 'Fig. 1 is a partial side View of a embodying-the invention; v

Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial top plan view, tBa-ken substantially from the position 2--2 of Fig. '3 is a section taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; f

Fig. 4: is a section similar to Fig. 3 but machine showing the other end of the machine;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken substantially on line 5,-5 of Fig. 1f;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken substantially on line 66 of Fig. 1;. j

,Fig- 7 is an enlarged detail view illustrating automatic stopping mechanism employed in the machine; l i

. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail view of a trig-I ger mechanism employed'in said stopping mechanism; and

Fig. 9 is a detail section through one end of a mercury switch employed in the ma: chine, in conjunction with the automatic stopping mechanism.

pr f ra e term at nea est-9.

illustrated in the drawings, comprises a suitable supporting frame 10, rotatably mounted suitablelbearings in which are-hollow shafts 15 and116, secured to Whichprespec;

tively, are combined feed and pressure drums 17 an d l8. Extendingintothebore'sof said t respectively, are pipes 11 a d S12 bb't of which projectfrom saidfhollow shafts, as I best shownin} Figs. 1,8, 4: and-6' v and are see'j ciu'ed tothe frameLof the machine so that. they will beheld stationary. .Said'pipes 1 1 and 12 are. fittedrtothe .boresof the shafts 17. andISsothat said shafts will turn efreely' thereon. The innerends of said pipes; are. l .s 1 1 1;; The shaft'lbprojects'ah one side of the machine and secured thereto .is a bevel gear 19 which meshes withabevel gear 20 secured to a vertically disposed.'counter shaft 21, to which. continuous rotation is imparted from anysuitable source of'powerduring operation of the machine. The shafts 15 and 16 carry interineshing gears. 22 and 1 2 3 and by .means of which the drnms17 .Iand 18 are geared to ,getherlto be constantly driven in the direction o f thearrows" on .Fig. &, as will be read ilyundersto od Y i f i The drums 17' and is. m roaad at their? peripheries; with annular. grooves 24 and combined stripper and guide shoes25 are mounted in the, frame 10 to 11115111 said grooves and strip and remove paper articles or objects from the peripheries of said drums and direct said objects between thero1lers 26 and the belts or ribbons 27 operated by intermeshing gears 28v from a gear 29 which, in turn, is'operated from the. gear 22,and whereby, it. will, be noted; articles orobjects fed or passing between "the drums 17 and 18 will be stripped or removed therefrom and Associated withv table or apron 3( having alplurality of-guide fingers 31 arranged overthe same, as best shown in Figs. 2', 3 and 4,-saidguide table 9o. fed from the machine through the belts or. ribbons27. i Y

the d'rumL17, is a guide and fingers being adapted andfarrangedto 'guidearticles tangentially onto theperiphe'ry of the druml'l. Associated with said guide able nd f ie i ow-er; e 9 32 carrying-a gear 33 and co-operating with an upper feed roller 34 carrying a gear 35 meshing with the. gear 33; The roller 34 is mounted on a rocker member '36- pivoted. on"

r a transverse 'shaft 37 and whereby the roller 34 is free to swing upwardly and downwardly I slightly so as to be removed from feeding co-operation with theiroller 32 without dis- A gear as-n1 shes we; gear 395011 a shaft be readily understood. :By this arrangement, itwillgbe noted that shaft 40 will be-con- V stant'l'y, driven and, thereby.the feedrollers 3 2 and 34ywillr also be constantly driven to zowwr, 1 v fingers 31, as will be'readlly' understood.

Astackof'obj'ects or articles, suchfas book signatures 44 are arranged in a substantially" 1 cause feeding of, objects or articles alongv the top of' the table and below the guide f feed drum 17,53 will be presently explainedg edgewise position a suitable hopper or receptacle, as best shown Figs. land 3. Co operating with the objects 44 .is an oscillator'y suction arm 45 "adapted and arranged'tof bend down 'thei'upper end off the lowermost "of th'eobjects' 44 and direct itbetween the feed'roller46 and the notched rolleror drum 4101i the shaft 40, thereby periodically extracting the lowermost object or sig'nature art.

it natures singly and'directing them to'thefeed' I roll'ers'32 and. 34 is" an old and well known 44Yandkdirecting the same along thefeed [table 30 tothe' feed rollers32 and 34, as will be readily "understood by those skilled in this e feed mechanism forjremoving Sigfeedinglmechanism for the purpose. and re quiresno further description here beyond the I 1 statement that itis constructedand'arranged a to 'rernove'thesignatures 44 singly and direct v p 7 them to theifee'd-rrollers' 32-and 34 by which I 45 of the5table'3O to thedrumelig 1 said signatures are further fed along the top As bestshownjin-Figs. 2 and 6, bifurcated stop fingers 48"are mounted on a rocker shaft 49 immediatelyabove'the fdrum 17, the lower ends of saidstop fingersbeing set in the path of the. vsig iaturestravelingalong the feed.

I table 30 aiid arranged to' 'stop and. position thesame for lproperremoval therefromby if fi ee 'e e i ro he1 2 rryi 'afcompressionspring 53. as best shownin Fig. 1, said compressionfspring"53 thus serving to elevate thecfree end of arm '50 and thus i o e a'i w ke ham is s me with'a'frocker arm connected with a rod 1 arm '54 carrying aset screw" 55 restingion top of one arm 56 of a leverpivoted at 56" and which carries a roller 57 riding upon the V periphery of the drum 17 and co-operating with cam recesses 58 therein, as best shown in Fig.- 3. The other arm 59 ofgsaid'lever restsunder a setf screw 60 on an arm 61 ;se-@ cured to the rocker member 36 which -ls.

pivoted on shaft 37 an' d n0rmally; held depressed relation by a tension,sp'ring 62,

'asshown, The arrangementis 'suchthat as each signature 44 is fedbyi'the rollers 32 V V .and 34 along'the table 30, theroller 57 runs into the -icorr'esp'onding recess 58 thereby dropping therein ."and depressing'the stop Thisfaction of the parts is caused bythe'fact that the spring 53 normally tends to rock the shaft 49 to' cause depressionof theffingers 48,,the rocker arm 54' and't-1ieet-jsrew 55. Set screw ssImsu g-onthe-lever arm56thus e r tends'to force the roller 57downwardly'iand i the lever arni 59 upwardly, W he'iijon'e of the'cam recesses 58'passes underthe rjoller57,

95, '5 1 consequent elevation ofthearin' 59. Depression of the mate permits of, corresponding rocking'of therocker shaft 49,thereby" carrying the stop fingers 48"downwardly' into the -.pa th ofthef signatures 44 traveling on the table 30. 'As' previously indicated, this movementis accompanied ebyan'rupward move: ment of the lever armi59which through set screw 60 andar n 61 raisesthe feed roller 34 out of cooperative'relationship with thefeedt'i depression of the" arm 56, is permitted, with roller 32 and thereby.simultaneouslydiscon tinues feed or the signature44flThus each mati'cally stopped-T and held in" definite rela tion to the drum 17 by means of the fingers 48.

The feed drum 17' provided with two dia netric recesses 63, best shown in 4,,

and rocker shafts 64 are mounted to traverse 'said recesses, each .of said rocker 'shafts carry ng a plurality of gripper fingers '65 adapted and arranged to grip the edgesof the signatures held by the stops 48, asexplained above. 1 7

At one end, the shafts 64 project from the V t 1 drum 17 and carry rocker arms66 connected with rods G'T'carrying compression springs68- and adapted and arranged toswing-across a' dead center and operate "to hold said" clamp-- i-ng fingers in either their operative or inoperative posit ons, as, will VbeTreadily' understood; 'At their other ends, each of the shafts 64 carriesa cam headi'69'co operating" a I with a corresponding stop pin 70 on the corresponding end of the drum l'fias best shown 5 r in Fig. -E'ach of the cam heads 69 i's alsol' "prow 'f de d *withcam" grooves 71*jan'd 7 2 cooperating withcam pinsfi and 74mou nted on tl-ie frame "of the machine. 'The'ca m'pi-n73 is arranged, as shown, to enter the groove 71 of the upcoin'in'g cam head 69, indicated 'in Fig-13, when said upcoming camhead arrives adjacent the position of 'thesignature then *held' by the steps 48 and at the proper time ,to 'reclithe cam'head 69 across its dead center and cause the gripper fingers 65 'torise out of the recesses68 and blamp the presented edge of-said-si'gnatnre. As'thismovement rakes place, the -'ro ller -57 farrives at the end ar the corresponding recess 58-and'r'uns out or san e b'eing elevated by the end of said 'recess,thereby elevating the setscrew and -th'eirocker ar rn fl to elevate the stopyfingers 4sec releasesaid' signature for removal by the fingers V The aetion of the pin 73 'i'nthe slot 71 i's t'o' -thr-ow the corresponding fingers 65 up 'outofthecorresponding recess63 to engage the forward edge {of the signature held in feeding position by the stops 4E8 whi'chimrne- -diatelythereafter raiseto releasesaid signature. *Thefcontinued motion of the drum 17 canses" the corresponding rod and spring 67 68 to swing across the dead center "so that the spring 't'hen'holds the fingers65 in -c'lampin'gv' engagement with the signature as it feed-s around on the periphery of the drum 17f Nhen the corresponding cam' head 69 eneountersithepin 7%,the slot 72 runs onto said pin and operates to reverse said earn headland shatt'fi l, 'as indica-ted at the right in 3, thereby swinging the gripper "fingers 6'5 downwardly into the correspondingrecess 63 so that said cam fingers willnot interferexwith' the companion feed drum "18.

The shaft 11 fol-the feed drum 17 is provided with a p eri'i aheral port75 to-commnnicateitiithair passages :7 6 extending rad ally through the corresponding shaft'15' an'd drum '17, said air passages '7 6 diverging at their -Ollt1flI1ClSiIltO the ports 77, Fig. 6 in the peripheryofsaidudrurn. The port75 is so positioned in the shaft-11 that it opens into the corresponding passage 7 6 just prior to the I release of the. corresponding fingers 75, indi- -cated above Q 1 Theforwa'rd edge of the signature then being carried around upon the periphery of the drain 17 restsbver the corresponding :portsi'i andthe opening of the port 75 places asuctionnponthe signature, holding the same tofthe periphery of said drum and thereby talri'n gsth'e place "of the gripping action of the finlgersfi 'wliichiare immediately to "136 released. In thismannerthe signatures will 1 he held in properposition 1 on theperip'hery o-f the-drum while :passing between the drums =17,.andr18i -Tlius as each set of gripping fingerssarrives at the uppermost position on the drum ,17; "it automatically "engages the esignatureravhich isiat'rtheiime p esition'edby 7 9 pivoted at so as to be .overbalanced in 8 is also'mounted on the rocker a gravity operated trigger or dog normal position with'the lower end "thereof in the path of the oncoming signatures ,on' table 30, and somthateach signature as t" 'arrives'at thestops 48 will engage the lower rear edge of and swing the't-rigger 79'upward- 1y, as best indicated in Fig.8. In .this posh tion of trigger 79, its rear lower edge registers with the rear lower edges of the. stops 48.

The arm 78 is secured to theend'of a rod 81 passing loosely through a bracket 82 on the V shaft 49 and adjustable by means of an 7 "adjusting nut 83 threaded thereon and have ing a swivefled connection with an L-shape'd arm 84': on said bracketand whereby the position of the arm 81*and therefore the trigger i finger 79 may be nicely adjusted to be held 90 in the position indicated in 8 by the prop er-1y positioned signature 44." EVhe'n held in said position, as willbe noted, the trigger finger 79 is swung upwardly into the path of the inner endof ajlaterallyextending rod 85 slidably mounted in afibracket on the frame 10 and normally pre'sse'dinwardly by means of a. compression spring 86, as best shown in Fig. 2. i I The outer end through the end of a lever 87 pivoted at 88 and carrying a roller 89 running upon the inner face of a cam dislr90 on the shaft 91 connected by gear 92 with the gearQQ'on shaft 15 and whereby said cam plate 90 will be constantly rotated. The cainplate'90 isprovided in its inner face witha cam recess 93 set in the path of roller 89 and so that when of the rod,85 passes loosely M the roller 89ar'rives oppositehhe recess;93, i

if the lever87 and the rod 85 are otherwise free; the rod85 and lever 87 may moveinwardly; The rod 85 is free 'whenjthe trigger 79 drops out of registration*withiits Finner end. The lever 87 i's free when roller 89 registers with cam recess 93. [It thus re quires' the concurrentandsirndltaneous oefcurrenc'e of these two cire'umstancesbefore'tlie r'od'85'and lever 87 'are'free to move inwardly. The lever'87 restsag-ainst the inner side of a stop'fi'n'ger 94 seeiired to the end of the rod -85'and' extends downwardly and rests age it the cuter-'silde'ot a rock-er arm 95'en"the upper end of an inclined rocker sh aft96 mounted on 'the corresponding side of the-j frame '10, as

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best shown in Figs. 2 and 7. By thi'sarrange- I ment when rodmoves inwardly, the finger shown .in' Fig. 9, on amounting bracket 99' fora mercurywel-l switch member-100 having a q'uantityof mercury 101 therein. yOloyiously, inward rocking of;;shaftf96 throws the inner endof arm 97 downwardly out of engagement with stop lug'98,th ereby-releasing mercury well'1'00.

1 vAsloest shown-gin Fig 7 the [100 is connected with electric wires 102 which j1ea1d[ to the 'ordinaryco'ntro'l' box not shown mercury well ;of ,the electricmotor which idrives the ma ch ne, said:mercuryswitch operating n the usual way; will be readilyunderstoodby those skilled in this art,].to break the circuit through tlie drivin'g motor of the machine '1 7 when the mercury well 100 tilts "downwardly. I {The arrangement is such that the vupper inner end ofthe' arm -97 normally rests beh h st p usi9 th r bypr nt g clownward rocking or swinging of the mercury I Well 100 and thereby, normally maintainin-g'the circuitfor the electric motor of "the machine closed. Howevelgvrhen thefstop 1 arm 9? is removed :aS'QexplaLined aboveithe ,{weightof the mercury well 100 cansesit'to swin'g downwardly, thus breaking the electric -circuit= forithe 115th? m hin -121 a i if has beenfprevious'ly indicated, the rod r8 5 iS' ,]1eld,f,fI?0H l "inward movement bythe drivin motor and st'o in 1 presence ofpne of the signatures 4:4 when" the recess arrives oppositenthe, roller Q89.

YHowever, should therefail to-be'a signature 1 44: present at the proper-time,"the'roller 89 will drop intothe recess, 93thus pennitting the rod 85 to move inwardlyrunder the influenceofspring 86, which movement willcarry i the" arm 95inwardly and correspondingly rock the rocker shaft 96 "and the rocker arm 97 to release the stoplug 98 and permit dropoping of the mercury well 100, as indicated This dropping of the mercury well 100 will I V V automatically stop the machine whenever,

for any cause, a signature 44' fails tofeed up againstthe stops 48 at the proper timeduring Qthe normal operation of. the machine.

; A s: best shown in :Figs. 5, 6 and 7, pivoted links103 and 104 which are in turn connected" .by a tension-spring 105, connect the mercury I well withfa rocker arm106'on a rocker I shaft 107 extending-transversely across the f machine and provided atthe other side with an operating handle 108, as bestshownin Figs. 2 .and' 6. Another link109has a'slot andxpinconnection 110 with the lever .10 4:v and is ,pivotally connected "at 111 with the inner" end oftherockerarm 97. V Bythis arrange ment, when th'e'mercury well-100 drops, as indicatedabove, the'slot and pin connection 110 permitsof'such {movement, the spring 105 cushioning the fall. When it Iisdesired to reset. the automatic stopping mechanism, all

that ,is' necessary is 'to rock the shaft 107 by "means ofnthe operating handle 108, wheree As'best showninFigs .1,3an

'tion aswill ber eadilyunderstood. a I v A d 4, associated with thedrum l'fisan automatic glue apply l I a ,ing mechanism comprising a glue trough 112 d t having a" gluing rollen113-constituting one upon the parts will be;restoredito normal'posi- 8 side and a'portion ofthe bottomthereof;

carrying atone end a' piawl 115 co -operating :with aspring-held ratchet on a pawl ar'm. "117 -..loose on the-shaft 114, as best shown 'in f Fig. 8. The pawl arm117 is connected by a rod 118 with anieccentric strap 1 19 operating: on an eccentric 120 fiXedto; one endof the shaft 91.v By this arrangement the gluing Ac'r gulator'in the form of flfleaff opl il l gl 122 byflme'ans'o'f which vthe same: maybefad1-" mediatelyifollowing the r etractionof the cor qres'pondingclamping fingers 65: A balance "isalso mounted on the shaft91 to balance the weight of the gluing arm-123and'its 'cov The arrangement i s such that-as eachsignature 44: is fedaroundthe peeriphery of the-drum 17, a strip of glue is applied-"to,the-forward edge thereof for a' puroperating p'arts.

pose totbepresently described, v

.The roller113is mounted on a feed shaft'l l ir 'jjustedtowardiand' away from :said' roller :to 1 lessen or-increase the thicknessfof the film of .gluethereonlA glues arm 123 ismountedOn i i the shaft 91andca-rriesa felt pad or strip-124: adapted and arranged to contact with the-roller 113, and with the forwardedge of a signa-f ture'ti onthe'peripheryof thedrum 17 im-' I 7 The drum-18which co-operates withthe drum 17 as above indicated,is, in all essential respects, substantially a duplicate thereof,

and co-op'erates therewith tofeed'articles h'e- .tweenj t'he two" and between the belts or rib-' locus 27 for discharge from the'machine; -As- I sociated and co-operating withthe drum 18is another feed table 126 leading th'ereto and having guide fingers 127 positioned there above. Feed rollers 128 arearranged under, ,the'table 126 operating throughslots there in and co-operating with balls 129 resting on top of saidrollers and servingto h'old articles for objects on the table 126 in feeding contact iwithrthe rollers 128, butpermitting of the readyremovalof said articles. Therollers i 128 are constantly operated in the direction ofthe arrows indicated inFig. 4, by a suit--.

able train'of gears, as shown. Arranged at train of'gears and co-operating with asuitable fhopper or receptacle -132containing a stack of articles or objects 133, such as the 125 the outer end of thetablel126 isfa pair of i I feed rollers 130 and131 driven by the same leaves or pages of v a book, "to be, inserted..i conjunction with the signatures 44. The' stackof book pages133 rests upon a -vertical- 1y m ing p t r table l send a P 1 matic extracting drum 135 {isarranged, as shown, in contact with .thetop of said stack, said extracting drum being provided with suitable pneumatic vports 136. Suitable driving mechanism is provided, as shown,for. the extracting are arranged for-producing'suction;or a partial vacuum in the ports 136 to periodically extract-the up'permostjbook page 133 and deliver the same between the guides 137 and 138 to the feed rollers 130 and 131, which in-turn deliver said page along the *topof table 126.

to the rollers 128 and the co-operating balls 129.

The extracting drum 135 and the co-operating receptacle 132 are parts of a well known feeding mechanism now in general use and require no further description here beyond the statement that they operate to remove periodically the uppermost book page or leaf from the receptacle 132and propel the same along the top of the table 126.

As best indicated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, a rocker shaft 139 similarin all respects to the rocker shaft 49 is associated with the delivery end of the table 126 and the top of the drum 18, said rocker shaft carrying bifurcated stop fingers 140 adapted and arranged to stop and position the pages 133 fed along the top of the table 126.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the rocker shaft 139 carries a rocker arm 141 carrying a set screw 142 contacting with the end of a lever 143 carrying a roller 144 running upon the periphery of the drum 18. The drum 18 is, to all intents and purposes, a duplicate of the drum 17 and the roller-144 is set in the path of the cam recesses 58 in the drum 18 and 1 whereby the stop fingers 140 will be operatr and whereby when said ed in conjunction with the gripper fingers to position and release the book pages 133 when gripped by the fingers 65.

It will be noted that the distance of travel between the point at which the book pages P the fingers 65 and the the drums 17 and 18 is considerably shorter than the corresponding distance of travel of the signatures 44 on the periphery of the drum 17. For this reason the cam pins 73 and 74 for the drum 18 are positioned somewhat closer together and the port 7 5 in the hollow shaft 12 is somewhat shorter than the port 75 in the hollow shaft 11. Otherwise the drum 18 is identical with the drum 17 and needs no further description beyond'the statement that it operates to feed the book pages 133 into juxtaposition with the signatures 44 so that the'book pages will be attached to said signatures by the glue or adhesive applied thereto as explained above signatures are dis- 133 are gripped by point of tangency of drum- ,135 and suitable connections charged. from the machine as explained above; h y wi ve atta ed the e the book pages 133 and so that when said signatures are ultimatelyassembledinto .the'book' for which they are intended, the book pages l33will be associated therewith in said book running upon the periphery of aca-m disk 150 on the shaft'91 containing a recess 151 c0- operating with said roller and so positioned v I as to permit movement of the'lever '148 in case there is a failureof the feeding appa ratus to feed a book page 133 at the proper time just as the lever 87 operates in the case of a similar failure of thefeeding 'ofthe signatures .44. v

The rod 147 carries arm 152 co-operat I ing with an arm 153v onthe shaft96 and op erating to turn the shaft 96 upon such failure of the feed of a ping the machine just as the failure of the feedof afsignature 44 stops the machine as explainedabove. It will thus be notedthat inthe caseof the failure of either; of the feedme properly, the machine will vbe automatically stopped thereby books assembled from the signatures threaded by the machine. By this arrangementa simple and effective automatic machinegis provided for superposing and attaching together book signature and a book .page 'to be inserted in a book, for the like, with great speed'andaccuracy 2 if ii 1' i The specific.;form and arrangement of parts isa simple and effective 'o'neffor the. urpose. 1 prefe'rred form' of construction for carrying the invention into effect hasibeen illustrated and described, this: is capable of yariatio'n 'andimodification without zdepart- 1n therefore not desiredto limit; the patent jtot the specific; arrangement set .forthbut to. in clude therein also suchIvariations,,and modi;

saidnechanisnisjtbeing synchronized to cause ei ee e e ree v1Qtween demsb Pag the by step:

mechanisms of the machine to operate avoiding errorsflin the orffroin the Zspirit of the invention. Itis ficationsas. fall @within the. scope,of,the ap r 4.' A machineo flthe cl'ass described 06in 6 prisingtwoco-operating adjacentfeed and" -edges 'pass between said drums;

f QJA maChineof the'class described Zoom-j prising two :co-loperating adjacent feed and pressure drums; 7 two oo-operating feedingmechanismsfarranged to feed objctsitdsaid v V drums, said mechanisms-being synchronized V I '-to"cau'se said objects to pass between. said drums simultaneously and be thereby'supe'rposedgand fmeans for automaticallystopping" for engaging esaidobjects, 'and me a nsffor successlvely causlngthe same to engageoba (such that said objects will be held to the by suction ,on1y 'as-:their advancing p I either 0f the fee ing mechanisms? drums 7 Ofi fofi'sziidfobject g sxfed tofsaid drums; the relation bein v 1 my invention," I iflixmy signature, this de'ybf; May, A.;D.. ,1 928. w 1

ptrat vgand eroie thejohjectspsksjhetnren I I t 11edrums. :1; 1 V V .machineasspecifiedainclaim 1, which also} comprises means fo r adhesive s: A g; nine. assp eified m claim :1',-thia fcomprissf'means for automatically stopping,

machine p fa /fu ction" of In witness -=that :I claim the foregoingas 28th 7 the 'machine' uponffailure ofieitherf feedingn'echanisms to operates,

3. vA construction as specified in c1aim'2; i' inowhichsa id drfinisareequ ipped withboth'V niechanical'gripp'er fingers and suctionj inean's vjf j'r' engaging" said 'objects; and means forsuccessiVei-y employing the same for holding said obj eots onsai'ddruni's, theirela'tion being such that said objects will belh'eld the drums by suction only as their advancing edges pass between said drums.

pressurev drums; two co 'operating' feeding v mechanisms arranged to feed ob ects to sa d "tojapply adhesiye to the objectspassingthferepingthe machine upon fail re ofeither of ,;Y5 ,A machine for the purpose pi fi ifie d comprising a frame, hollow'shaftsi rotatably' mounted in bearings" in saidframe, rad-015 G atin m s ed t'ozsaid shafts, synchro-T 'nized feeding ineansfi-for delivering objects I tosaid drums, respectively,-statio nary hollow 7 members fittedto thebores of said hollow] v a A drum-shaftsadapted-to be connected with air exhausting means, said hollowmembers; V f is I V shaitsfianddrums beingv provided with ports? I g-iand passageways adapted and arranged to, hold objects" to 'said'fdrums' by suction and" causing them to pass between partsithereofin Contact .v V 6."A'machine1 as specified in'c1aiin"5, in" V 'Qwhich the drums are equipped fingers and means for actuating thejsam'e" adapted teased-engagement and'disengage j 1 mjentlof said gripper fingers with'and from i V j objectsfedfto"said drums, v respectii ely, and, V e J toIr tm i ig i pp i fin i i he ti0 ij i fleeing such thatthe ogripperfinger s willfbef; v j iretlacted after 1 1? su tion {means bQ ms' iqdrn ibh" with gr p e 1 

